One day I might get back to posting more than twice a week but these summer days are flying by at record speed and honestly sitting down even twice a week at the computer to do these posts is a struggle (in the best way).

We had an off week, Avery had a (failed) dentist appointment, the girls fought (too much) and most nights I was done by 8pm! So in true Mom fashion I took today off to spend some quality time with them 😉

Nightly wrestling matches:

Avery and I went for pedicures (manicure for her too):

How I found Avery after my run one night, she fell asleep doing workbooks.

Moving straight into meal planning! Usually I start to crave fall meals by mid summer but I am really loving salads, the BBQ and easy meals right now.

A day late that is! I was darn tired Sunday night and opted to delay this post and to be honest almost did another day but then it would have never been done.

Saturday we had a long walk to visit a couple parks, we are lucky to live close to the trails and these parks but don’t get out to them enough! Despite the clouds we only had about 5 minutes of rain 🙂

Slightly tired after 😉

Sunday morning I was up bright and early to head to the Edmonton Lululemon 10km race! The race itself was great, Lululemon put on an awesome race – just like Sea Wheeze and I cannot wait to go back next summer. I was in the first corral so dealt with minimal congestion which was an added bonus.

The course lived up to what I read it was, fast and flat, with only one small hill. It was an out and back course – my favourite for a few reasons with some straight away that allowed me to keep a decent pace.

I was pretty even with my splits, 30 seconds slower the first half, probably due to the start congestion. It is amazing how fast a 10km course goes, and I barely remember most of the race! I finished at 46:26 – a new 10km PR for me by 2 minutes!

Finish line, sadly all my finish line photos look to have a flare 🙁

Sadly, all my finish line photos look to have a flare 🙁

Afterwards, I grabbed some food, checked out the vendors etc before meeting other friends running the race! There was post run yoga but since I had a busy day ahead I hit the road early to get home.

I really love summer weekends! This weekend we had some down time which was nice after a few busy weekends.

Friday after work we beat the heat by playing in the sprinkler:

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Then a little storm came in so we hunkered down for the night…with wine 😉

Saturday morning we went to a pancake breakfast, despite line ups the girls ate great – but neither was in the photo mood even with this cute set-up!

Chloe dancing with my Mom:

It was a cooler day so I spent the afternoon cleaning then making the best chocolate chip cookies from Magnolia Table :

Later we went to look for rocks for our landscaping by the river:

Avery was a tad excited when Chad caught a frog:

Both Chad and I felt like pizza so hit up our fave pizza place, Famoso for supper. It was a huge win, the girls behaved AND since they have vegan cheese Chloe got pizza. I think she was more excited for pizza (she has never had it) then being at Disneyland:

Sunday mornings are my favourite these days, a run followed by park time:

We spent the rest of the day in the backyard, painting rocks, in the pool and visiting with family 🙂

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